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    Windows 10 How to prevent popup "Threats found" from Defender? Partial (!) disabling

    Sometimes when I copy large directory trees a popup from Windows Defender appears in the lower right corner telling me: Virus & threat protection Threats found Windows Defender Antivirus found treats. Get Details A bell rings and the copy operation of this file is aborted. How can I limit the...
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    Windows 7 How do I get my address bar, tool bar and system tray from disappearing?

    Last night while I was on a website my monitor screen had the webpage up but no bars with options at the top or bottom. The system tray was not at the bottom and the address bar and tool bar was not at the top. There was no way to close out because there was no X at the top and no way to close...
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    Windows 10 system tray issue

    Hi! I have permanent problem with Windows system tray on rugged tablet. When I click on system tray icons they disappear and deform. This occurs when some applications are running. Step one: When Windows starts everything works fine Step two: When I start Topcon Magnet Field application, it...
  4. J

    Windows 10 Loss of internet connection

    Windows 10 64 bit; NetGear N300 WiFi Router, Firefox 54.0.1 On my desktop computer, the network keeps disconnecting from the internet during periods when my browser is closed. I've had no troubles until a few weeks ago when the problem suddenly appeared. While connected to the internet, the...
  5. K

    Windows 10 Wifi status on system tray

    Hi, when i click to open the available wifi networks there is no list shown in system tray. I have windows 10 Sent from my Hol-U19 using Tapatalk
  6. gogreen

    Windows 10 Widen date/time area in taskbar system tray

    On my laptop I'd like to widen the day and date area so that the day and date fit on one line. For instance, for today, I'd like it to display "Friday/09/16/2016." I have made this change in settings, and when I hover the mouse over that area, the display is correct. But because the display area...
  7. GeoNomad

    Windows 10 Task Bar is too high - Can't widen System Tray

    After a W10 update a few weeks ago, my task bar became 3 lines high and it became impossible to widen the System Tray area. I have tried various forum suggestions around icon sizing, etc, but nothing helps. There is plenty of room to widen the system tray area, which would have (in the past)...
  8. rkfjr

    Windows 10 win 10 ICON

    I have just installed win10 tho only problem I have is a icon by the clock that says when you cilc on it (open Devices and Printers) how do I remove this
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    Windows 10 How to remove Windows 10 from Windows Update

    Hello all. I downloaded what I believe is the Windows 10 installer after clicking the Windows 10 icon in the system tray. After this happened I changed my mind and decided not to install it, so I have not installed Windows 10. My problem is that every time I start Windows Update now I get a...
  10. Ralph Bromley

    Windows 10 Fan speeding up with no reason in windows 10

    Okay having a very annoying issue with win10 as of late and its been baffling the heck out of me, my CPU fan without any good reason speeds up every so often in windows 10. It doesnt do it in Linux, I have tried an array of software removals, virus scans, system shutdowns, cleaning dust out my...
  11. IcyStorm

    Windows 10 System tray/notification area icon width?

    Anyone have an idea on how to reduce the system tray icon sizes? I don't mean the icon image but the click/touch targets. The spacing between systray icons are larger than in previous versions of Windows. However, in nearly everyone else's W10 screenshots, I see everyone's systray icons much...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Upgrade from WIndows 7

    A disaster so far. Installation worked OK Desktop shows (rearranged but still all icons there) There is no Start button at bottom left, and anyway Icons at bottom of screen (taskbar and system tray) don’t work - when the curser moves to them, instead of an arrow it become an “I” and does not...
  13. Legna

    Windows 8 I want GMail in the System Tray.

    Is there anyway to add GMail to the System Tray for quick access and phone calls? I want that to remain open at all times even when Chrome is closed.
  14. pi314

    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 tiles don't work...Third reinstall...

    Hello Windows Forum, Windows 8.1 has once again threw the same issue to me for a third time. Most App tiles apppear with an X in the bottom right and fail to launch. I Have tried every researched answer and after boot it's all over again. Things I've tried: Windows app diagnostic troubleshooter...
  15. Drew

    Windows 10 New Action Centre

    1. Would open AC & Maintenance would show nothing. Occasionally it would but, most time, nothing, none of the normal, usual info. Had noticed this behavior over the last couple of days. This evening... 2. Asking for Action Centre in Start menu Search produced TWO listings. A faint grey...
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    Windows 8 8.1 Multi Monitor Task Bar Help?

    Hey, so I was using 7 with actual multiple monitors for ages, but realized 8.1 had better dual monitor support. I don't even need to use other software which is nice. But the second monitors task bar doesn't display the clock, or the system tray or anything, just the start button. And when...
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    Windows 7 OS Lag/Freezing/Blue Screen/Failed Startups

    hello, all I received a custom built computer for Christmas almost a year ago, in that I won't be able to name my system specs or hardware, and it was working perfectly fine up until a few weeks. I don't recall installing or uninstalling any important programs but here is an outline of the...
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    Windows 7 Windows Software Raid 1

    So I have a 4 TB drive mirrored to an identical drive. My question is, if/when a drive fails, how will I be notified? Will something popup in the system tray? Or will I get some error message or what? I assume there is something that happens.. otherwise this software RAID would literally be...
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    Windows 7 Black screen and other bizarre things happening.

    Today when I was doing nothing really at all on my computer I decided to go on speedfan, after I clicked it on my desktop a black screen appeared which looked like my monitor wasn't plugged in (even though it was) and stayed like that for about 5 minutes before I manually shut it down. After I...
  20. assertarek

    Windows 8 Need Help Please

    after upgrading to windows 8 pro i found that everything thing on the pc have a shortcut arrow in the icon , as in the uploaded picture , and i found the (X)close and minimize icons top in windows tray , have a black block between them as in the uploaded picture , so please can anyone help me...